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Obon is time for family gathering to rem… [CULTURE CURRENT ISSUE]
For three days starting on Tuesday, August 25th through Thursday, August 27th, many privately owned businesses on Okinawa will close their ...Read More
Day of Naha: Immerse Yourself in the Cap… [Community CURRENT ISSUE]
July 8th is Naha Day in Okinawa. This special occasion originated from the use of play-on-words or rather, a play-on-numbers. Naha’s two syl...Read More
June 23rd, Okinawa’s Peace Memorial Day [CURRENT ISSUE]
June 23rd is ‘Irei-no Hi’. This is Okinawa’s Peace Memorial Day. It is a prefectural holiday formally recognized in 1961. It is to memoriali...Read More
Tomigusuku city hall to incorporate veggie factory [News]
Tomigusuku City is establishing a small-size vegetable plant in the city hall lobby. The city aims to grow lettuce, tomatoes and brown rice using hydroponics in the plant. The cons...
Goat intestines to be on market again [News]
Friends goat dishes have a reason to rejoice as the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to remove restrictions that prohibited the sale of large and small intestines ...
JCC, Subway open joint coffee shop in Kumoji [Business]
JCC. a company that runs restaurants and hotel businesses, is opening a joint outlet with Subway sandwich shop on Jun. 14th, in Kumoji, Naha City. The new shop will operate under b...
OCVB eyes expansion of international MICE [Business]
In foreign countries, bonus trips to Okinawa are increasing. The Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB), which has actively conducted sales and advertising campaigns overs...
Orion Beer sees sales rise 3.8% [Business]
Folks at Orion Brewery have a reason to smile as their beer sales through the fiscal year that ended at the end of March showed that customers grabbed the Okinawan suds at record p...
2014.06.05
And this week’s winner is… [Weekly Winners]
This week’s lucky winner of the Japan Update raffle was Sheryl Appleface. Sheryl won a pair of tickets to the Ryukyu Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Quintet afternoon concert. Sheryl ...
Nago declares itself the “City of Soki Soba” [News]
Nago City Tourism Association has listed the city’s soba restaurants in a leaflet called “Nago Suba-ya Meguri.” The city has printed 10,000 copies of the leaflet,...
Free shows and classes offered in Naha hall [News]
An event space called “Hiyamichika Machigwa Hall” was opened, May 31st, on the 2nd floor of the Makishi Public Market in Naha City, The hall will be open on most days u...
Ryukongou to be preserved [News]
“Ryukongou,” a war time fortification in the Shuri Castle Park in Tonokura, Shuri, is going to be preserved, the State-run Okinawa Memory Park Office announced Monday. The Ryukongo...
Governor Nakaima considering positively running for third term [News]
In his regular press conference on May 30, Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima explained about his decision on the possibility to run for the third term in the next gubernatorial ele...
Man arrested for stealing woman’s purse [News]
Naha City Police arrested 55-year-old unemployed Hiromitsu Oshiro, May 31, on suspicion of stealing the purse of a 69-year-old woman, which contained about ¥60,000 in cash, a day e...
Car flips over, driver killed [News]
Passer-by discovered a small light truck that had flipped over on a road in Serikyaku, Urasoe, about 10 p.m. Sunday evening. The male driver of the truck was still inside the truck...
“Doctor” arrested for DUI [News]
Ginowan Police arrested a 62-year-old Ginowan resident Naoya Shimabukuro, Sunday, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Police say that Shimabukuro, who claimed t...
Increasing orvasca larva causing skin rash [News]
The orvasca taiwana larva, which contains mild toxin in its body hair, has been observed increasing in Sintoshin Park in Omoromachi, Naha City. As a safety precaution, Naha City of...
Request made to transfer Ryukyu University Hospital [News]
Dean of the University of the Ryukyus Hajime Oshiro, and Ginowan City Mayor Atsushi Sakima visited the Okinawa Prefectural Office on May 29th, to meet Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nak...
Owner arrested for not vaccinating his pet, failing to report attack [News]
Naha City Police arrested a 70-year-old, unemployed Naha City resident, Mitsuo Kawaguchi, on May 29th, on suspicion of not vaccinating his dog against rabies, and not reporting his...
Evacuation facility to be constructed in Naha [News]
The Union of Okinawa Cities, Towns, and Villages Self-Government announced on May 28th that the site of the former Okinawa Red Cross Blood Center in Asahimachi, Naha City, would be...
Three ring-tailed lemurs born in Nago Neo Park [News]
Between March and May, three new born ring-tailed lemurs were discovered in the Neo Park Okinawa, in Nago City. Neo Park Okinawa manager Jun Arakaki says, “Three in a row is ...
Okinawa City elementary and junior high students attacked [News]
Okinawa City Police has recently received reports on Incidents, in which someone has physically attacked elementary or junior high school students. According to police, four incide...
2014.06.01
Okinawa sumo offers challenges to everyone [Sports]
Sumo is one of Japan’s national sports, but Okinawa Sumo is a bit different, with everyone able to get involved; even the spectators. With Golden Week past, the Okinawa sumo season...
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